For North African teams, the entire system is blatantly unfair. It makes no sense to hold a new qualifier on a 7-month-old playground when rosters have changed and organizations have made investments. Ignoring the best teams and choosing the fourth-place squad at random without any justification? Competitive integrity is not what that is. Losing Split 1 means losing important circuit points because VCL now provides a straight route to Champions. NA teams should not have to make judgments based on out-of-date brackets and ambiguous criteria; instead, they should have a clear and modern route to the professional ranks.